A truck driver rammed his car right into a crowd of individuals at a bus cease in central Israel Sunday, injuring no less than 24 folks earlier than he was “shot and neutralised”, police stated.
Preliminary police findings confirmed the driving force additionally hit a bus that had stopped on the similar location to drop off passengers, the police stated in a press release.
At the very least 24 folks had been injured within the incident, police stated, with out clarifying whether or not it was an assault.
The drive nevertheless stated civilians on the website of the incident “shot the truck driver and neutralised him”.
Earlier on Sunday the Magen David Adom emergency service stated the incident occurred at Aharon Yariv Boulevard in Ramat HaSharon, north of the business hub Tel Aviv.
Of these injured, no less than 16 folks had been transported to close by hospitals, MDA stated in a press release.
Officers and ambulances rushed to the scene, the place Israeli tv channels confirmed police cordoning off the realm as medics helped the injured and a helicopter hovered above.
The incident comes as Israel holds ceremonies to mark the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas assault on October 7 final 12 months that sparked the continuing wars in Gaza and Lebanon.
